This module handles the statistics counters for BIND 10 modules. For
using the module `counter.py`, first a counters object should be created
-in each module (like b10-xfrin or b10-xfrout) after importing this
-module. A spec file can be specified as an argument when creating the
-counters object:
+in each module like b10-foo after importing this module. A spec file can
+be specified as an argument when creating the counters object:
from isc.statistics import Counters
self.counters = Counters("/path/to/foo.spec")
The first argument of Counters() can be specified, which is the location
-of the specification file (like src/bin/xfrout/xfrout.spec). If Counters
-is constructed this way, statistics counters can be accessed from each
-module. For example, in case that the item `xfrreqdone` is defined in
-statistics_spec in xfrout.spec, the following methods are
-callable. Since these methods require the string of the zone name in the
-first argument, if we have the following code in b10-xfrout:
+of the specification file. If Counters is constructed this way,
+statistics counters can be accessed from each module. For example, in
+case that the item `counter1` is defined in statistics_spec in foo.spec,
+the following methods are callable.
- self.counters.inc('zones', zone_name, 'xfrreqdone')
+ self.counters.inc('counter1')
-then the counter for xfrreqdone corresponding to zone_name is
-incremented. For getting the current number of this counter, we can use
-the following code:
+Then the counter for `counter1` is incremented. For getting the current
+number of this counter, we can use the following code:
- number = self.counters.get('zones', zone_name, 'xfrreqdone')
+ number = self.counters.get('counter1')
-then the current count is obtained and set in the variable
+Then the current count is obtained and set in the variable
`number`. Such a getter method would be mainly used for unit-testing.
-As other example, for the item `axfr_running`, the decrementer method is
-also callable. This method is used for decrementing a counter. For the
-item `axfr_running`, an argument like zone name is not required:
-
- self.counters.dec('axfr_running')
-
-These methods are effective in other modules. For example, in case that
-this module `counter.py` is once imported in a main module such as
-b10-xfrout, then for the item `notifyoutv4`, the `inc()` method can be
-invoked in another module such as notify_out.py, which is firstly
-imported in the main module.
-
- self.counters.inc('zones', zone_name, 'notifyoutv4')
-
-In this example this is for incrementing the counter of the item
-`notifyoutv4`. Thus, such statement can be also written in another
-library like isc.notify.notify_out. If this module `counter.py` isn't
-imported in the main module but imported in such a library module as
-isc.notify.notify_out, in this example, empty methods would be invoked,
-which is directly defined in `counter.py`.
-"""
+The decrementer method is also callable. This method is used for
+decrementing a counter as well as inc().
+
+ self.counters.dec('counter2')
+
+Some other methods accessible to a counter are provided by this
+module."""
import threading
import isc.config
"""BIND 10 statistics counters module for DNS
-This module basically inherits the class in isc.statistics.counters.
-It handles DNS-specific information. For a DNS purpose, each BIND 10
-module uses this module instead of the parent module
-(isc.statistics.counters). Also see isc.statistics.counters.__doc__
-for details."""
+This module handles the statistics counters for BIND 10 modules for a
+DNS-specific purpose. For using the module `counter.py`, first a
+counters object should be created in each module (like b10-xfrin or
+b10-xfrout) after importing this module. A spec file can be specified as
+an argument when creating the counters object:
+
+ from isc.statistics.dns import Counters
+ self.counters = Counters("/path/to/xfrout/xfrout.spec")
+
+The first argument of Counters() can be specified, which is the location
+of the specification file. If Counters is constructed this way,
+statistics counters can be accessed from each module. For example, in
+case that the item `xfrreqdone` is defined in statistics_spec in
+xfrout.spec, the following methods are callable. Since these methods
+require the string of the zone name in the first argument, if we have
+the following code in b10-xfrout:
+
+ self.counters.inc('zones', zone_name, 'xfrreqdone')
+
+then the counter for xfrreqdone corresponding to zone_name is
+incremented. For getting the current number of this counter, we can use
+the following code:
+
+ number = self.counters.get('zones', zone_name, 'xfrreqdone')
+
+then the current count is obtained and set in the variable
+`number`. Such a getter method would be mainly used for unit-testing.
+As other example, for the item `axfr_running`, the decrementer method is
+also callable. This method is used for decrementing a counter. For the
+item `axfr_running`, an argument like zone name is not required:
+
+ self.counters.dec('axfr_running')
+
+These methods are effective in other modules. For example, in case that
+this module `counters.py` is once imported in a main module such as
+b10-xfrout, then for the item `notifyoutv4`, the `inc()` method can be
+invoked in another module such as notify_out.py, which is firstly
+imported in the main module.
+
+ self.counters.inc('zones', zone_name, 'notifyoutv4')
+
+In this example this is for incrementing the counter of the item
+`notifyoutv4`. Thus, such statement can be also written in another
+library like isc.notify.notify_out. If this module `counter.py` isn't
+imported in the main module but imported in such a library module as
+isc.notify.notify_out, in this example, empty methods would be invoked,
+which is directly defined in `counter.py`.
+
+This module basically inherits isc.statistics.counters. Also see
+isc.statistics.counters.__doc__ for details."""
import isc.config
from isc.statistics import counters